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ESTABLISHEl IN 1863. NEWBERRY, S. C.. TIIURSDAY, APRIL 7. 1887. PRICE'$1.50 A YEAR.
TWO PROMIENT 31MU3 S IN
TER VIEWED.
What Daniel H. Chamberlain, the Last Carpet
bag Governor of South Carolina, has to Say
to a News and Courier Reporter on
th. Sit'zation.
"I see," he remarked. -'that you are
still at your old tricks," as the Re
porter grasped a pencil and began
scribbling upon a sheet of paper.
"Yes," was the reply. "The Pres
ident wanted me to take a place in
his Cabinet, but I couldn't see my
way clear to leaving Charleston at
that time and, as you see, I am still
here. You don't appear to be at
your old tricks, disbanding rifle clul,
for instance."
"'Well, no," replied the Governor
with a smile, "-I am not in politics,
although in ,S4 I did exert myself:a
little to defeat Mr. Blaine. But I want
to talk to you about old Charleston."
And for the next half hour the Gov
ernor listened to the recollections of
the Reporter anent the earthquake.
"You know," he finally continued,
"It is exactly ten years since I have
been to Charleston, and as I walked
down here from the hotel I experi
enced a ghost-like feeling. I felt
like a man who has been dead for a
generation and had suddenly come
back to life. The place was familiar,
but I scarcely met a fatce that I knew
until I saw you. What a brave old
people and city it is. I can scarcely
realize that I am in Charleston.
There was the great fire in 181,
three years of bombardment, three
years of yellow fever, those cyclones
of which I have read, and finally the
earthquake-misfortunes enough to
have paralyzed a half dozen cities,
and yet to-day there seems to be as
much business activity and enter
prise as there was ten years ago. A
city with so much pluck and endu
rance was surely never born to die.
Never! Old Charleston is bound to
become a great city. All her tradi
tions, all her pluck and endurance
point to it."
"Now, Governor, let's talk about
politics, ' if you please. Mugwumps
are scarce down here. Are you still
a supporter of Mr. Cleveland?" .
"Yes, I have no besitation in say
ing that I am still a strong Cleveland
man, it that is what you mean. I'll
go even further and say that I am
stronger for Cleveland than I was
when I voted for him, and I think,
moreover, that that is the general
feeling among the Republicans who
supported him in 1884. If there is
any discon tent I think it is chiefly
-among certain B3ourbonistic Demo
crats. The Mug wumps quorumn pars
sumn seem to me to be better satisfied
with Mr. Cleveland's A dministration
than his own party. I don't know
anybody in the Republican party
who does not admit that Mr. Cleve
land has gone farther in tihe line of
civil service reform than they expect
ed."
'Who do you regard as having the
best chance for the Republican nom
ination in 1888?"
"I have always thought and still
think that Blaine could get the nom
ination if he wanted it. The fact of
bis going abroad does not prevent
him from receiving the Republican
nomination. It is simply an easy
way of leaving himself on tile hand1s
of his friends. I do not think he can
be elected. My own idea is that
Blaine reach:ed the high tide of his
political strength in 188."
"What made you opposc his elec
tion?"
"Mr. Blaine is not, in my opinion,
a man of public integrity. My per
sonal observations have convinced
mec that a great many Republicans
who supported him in 1884 would
rnot do so now on the same issue. If
he gets the nomination he will be
beaten by any good man the Demno
crats may put up. In fact I think
that any republican candidate is
likely by odds of Sto 2 to be beaten
by Mr. Cleveland, or any other ac
ceptable Democratic candidate. Mr.
Cleveland's great advantage is that
le has measurably satisiied the re
form element of the Republican party
that supported him in 1884, and tho
roughly commended himself to the
business and non-political element of
the whole country in ev-ery section.
W\hatever dissatisfamctionl there may
be with Mr. Clev-eland does not point
in the least towards Blaine's success.
nor indeed~( to that of any man that
the Republicau party as now man
aged may put up. Th'ere is a strong,
activ-e Bourbon elemenCrt in the Dem
ocratic party, but so far as I can see
the reform el..mient of the country,
D)emocrat and Republican, look to
the Democratic party- more than the
Republicans, as those parties are now~
constituted, for advancement in the~
direction of re-form. F-or examnple:
Where are we to look for rev.enu'e re
that the D)emocratic party is .n
united on that issue now, but the R
publican party is certainly sol
agaih.st it. Then there is the cit
service- reform. Where are i
friends? It seems to Inc that
present Mr. Cleveland is its greate
practical friend, and that as far
the rank and file is concerned ti
Democratic party is quite as favor
bly inclined to it as the Republican
On these as on all similar issues,
think the forward-looking men of tl
country are more in sympathy, <
rather look with more hope to tl
Democratic than the Republicr
party."
"How about the John Slhermr
loom?"'
"IIas Mr. Sherman a boom? We!
let me say this. The old Souther
issue --
"You mean, of course, the blood
shirt?"
"The old Southern issue-call it wh:
you wK-is now a past issue. In 181
the Republican party officially, ar
.as a party sentiment, left the Soul
to what it 'called 'home rule.' Fro
that moment there was .nothing mo:
!or Federal interference to d
Whatever unsettled issues were le
were necessarily left to be settled
the States themselves, and not
\\ashington. These issues are a
settled, or in process of settiemeu
and for Sherman or IIoar. and su<
men to raise that old question no
is simply pure and conscious dem
gogy. How these issues now star
here at the South, or what their f
ture course may be, I haven't suf
cient information to make me con
dent. Except that I plainly see th
political power :and leadership a
passing rapidly into the hands
men, who were not actively engage
by reason of age, in the war. Und
such influences I am very confide1
that those 'old issues' will be settle
in some peaceful way. I will ad
that perhaps these issues may be sa
to be settled already, but the Soul
has a great industrial future befo
it, and in that future the negro wi
play an important part. The be
laboring element, in my judgmer
that any portion of this country,
so far as I know, any other counti
has, lacking a little no doubt in ef
ciency, measured by a Northei
standard, but still peaceful, faithf
and 1home-loving, not given to strik'
and not easily led to oppose the i
terests of those for whom they labc
They were not fitted for politicat li
and they failed there, but they a
fitted to aid in the development
thle resources of the South, and wh
'the influences of which I have spokE
shall have passed away they w
doubtless become 'homogeneous wi
the white people of the South in the
views of tile p)ublic and p)ublic
fairs." . .
Governor Chamberlain, who, aft
all, it will be remembered, was t!
cleauest of the old Reconstructio
ists. said a good many kind at
pleasant things about the State ov
which he had once ruled as its Cli
Executive. His bright mind ar
keen intellect placed hlim in 1884
the front ranks of those Rep ublicai
whe> revolted from the Blaine stan
ard, and Governor Chamberlain
the letters which he wrote at th
time and in a good many other wa:
contributed as much perhaps as at
one man in New York to the succe
of the Democratic Presidential ticke
ThOMAS NAsT, THES GREATr CARhToo
IST, TALKs TO AN TLANTA (CON
sTITUTION MAN.
Said he: 'It strikes me that 11
whole South is looking up; that ti4
highly favored section is ncw enj
ing such a measure of substanti
prosperity as was never known 12
fore. I have not had many opp<
tunities for examining the South, f
I hlave hlurried through from Was
ington; but what I have seen co
vinces me that it is indeed a ne
South. By-the-by, do you know thl
it was I who first called it the 'uc
south?' Well such is the case.
represented the 'new South' as
beautiful youing maiden, and the idi
took im.menselv."
"Are you visiting the South see
ing new material for your artist
work, M r. Nast ?"
"Oil, no; I am not doing any wo
uOW. I andl myl wife are visiting ti
South purely' for health. We expe
to visit Florida. and return Norh ~i
waer."
-1 presume," intimnated the
porter, "that you are reserving yo
powers for tile next presidential ca
valss ?"
"WVell, to a certain extent, y'e
Taikrngbout that reminds me thl
I hav'e just come from Washingt<
city'. While there I had thle pleasu
of seeing Presidient Cleveland.
spent half an hour with him ye
pleasantly. lHe is a genial, hlones
whole.soniei man. T like him, a,
>t everybody likes him. The rumor
c- about his dangerous state of health
d is all nonsense. He was never
il better in his life than he is now. ills
,s health seems to be perfect. The re
it port about his precarious condition
At was set afloat by some designing
is politician for effect. But it is ground.
e less, and will not be believed."
"Do - von believe Cleveland will
s. he nominated, and if nominated
I elected ?"
e "Yes, I am reasonably certain of
)r it. It would be the greatest mistake
e ever committed by any party for the
n democrats to nominate any other
person. Cleveland was when first
n nominated much stronger than
his party. Now he is decidely
1, stronger than he was then. He
n is by long odds the strongest
man in either party, and will sweep
Y the country next year. I am a mug
wump, and am speaking alter the
Lt manner of mugwumps. I supported
G him with enthusiasm when he was
d nominated, and did what I could to
secure his election. It was an ex
n periment then. We believed Cleve
e land to be the man, and we were
- willing to give him a trial. For the
t time being we were willing to sacri
fice our party iredilictions. We
felt that Cleveland would give the
entire country a safe and peaceable
administration. Our confidence was
not misplaced. He more than ful
w filled our expectations. le has made
one of the best presidents this coun
try has ever had."
V "Suppo:.ing that Cleveland should
be again nominated,'do you believe
the mugwump element that helped to
t elect him the last time, would sup
port him again ?"
"Wihy not ? Yes, of course the
inugwumnps will vote for him. T here is
"r a much stronger reason to support him
now than there was then. When the
mugwumps voted for him three years
' ago, Cleveland was an experiment;
d now he is a proved success. Besides,
the thousands of business men in the
e North who were afraid to trust the
11 democrats with power have been won
over by the conservative, safe and
t successful administration. All fears
>r about the democratic party revolu
tionizing the financial affairs and
overturning the established institu
tiois and wrecking the government,
have happily been dissipated. The
s solid business men will support
Cleveland because he has demon.
strated his ability to serve the whole
country. My own opinion is that
.e Cleveland will be nominated, and
that he will be triumphatly elected.
mOne thing is certain, I will do all
nI can for li-Iwl upr i
11 vig orously." il su p r i
'"What do you think about the
ir futura of the South ?"
"The future must be very bright.
This section is destined to make stu
pendous industrial strides within the
mnext decade. It seems that the last
d' vestige of sectionalism has been oh
dliterated. Trhere is a fraternal feel.
ringr existing between the two see
tions that will frown down any at
dtempt to again estrange the North
nand the South. Any man who seeks
Is to stir up strife between the sections
will'find himself crushed beneath a
nweight of popular condemngtion.
This is the era of peace and good
s fellowship, and no p)olitician will
2 have thme hardihood to attempt to dis
ssturb it.
t. - *
Enforcing P'rohibition.
RI(-Ir. April 1.--To day a great
sensation was created by the indict
sment of several druggists and physi
Ycians for violation of the prohibition
alaw. It hIas been ascertained that the~
e-nlforcemens committee of the Pro
hito party has had1 a detective
hlere six weeks working up these
cases. Several persons were con
1vieted of violating the law to-day,
w
and two were sent to jail for sixty
tdays and heavily fined7.
IIubbard Turner, a desperate negro
moonshminer, was captured yesterday
in Orange county by Depnty Mar
shal Amken. Turner was armed and
attempted to kill Aiken. 'rie latter
~ ot the drop on him, disarmed him,
bound him and took him to jail.
kCould not Find thec North Pole.
et CHICAGO, March 31.-A special
y from Winnepeg, Manitoba, says that
Aex. MacArthur, who left here
e- aot a monthi ago to find the North
2Pole. has returned. News of the
n- movements of the Esquimaux whom
he expected to meet was discourag
s. ingz. Thley will not he on IIudson
at Bay till fall, and as tile only other
mn route was thlat whichm Col. Gilder
e found impracticable, he decided to
I abandon tile trip for tile priesent. iIe
esays IIe will make another attemplt
t, Inext fall. Col. Gilder, thle other
Arci e..l orler, is stil here.
THE DEATH OF GEN. R.S. RIPLEY.
Points in the Life of the Man who He
gan the Attack on For' Sumter.
Mr lork Y W-r of March :;.
Gen. R. S. Ripley, who commanded
the Confederate batteries that first
opened fire on Fort Sunter, was
stricken with apoplexy yester
day morning at the New York
Hotel and died at 8 o'clock last
night. Gen. Ripley, who has been
living at the New York Ilotel for
some years, came down to the break
fast room yesterday morning and ate
a hearty meal. IIe afterwards arose
and approached the table of Gen.
Newton, commissioner of public
works, who is an old friend of his,
but just as he reached Gen. Newton's
table he fell forward on his face, and
when picked up was found to be in
sensible. Dr. Norris was summoned,
and pronounced that the General
was suffering from an attack of apo
plexy, and that his recovery was
very doubtful. Gen. Ripley re
mained in a comatose state, growing
peceptibly worse until death came.
The stricken man was large and
stout, and was apparently in perfect
health, except for occasional attacks
of asthma, during which he suffered
considerably and would walk around
the corridors of the hotel during all
hours of the night. le was 64 years
old, and was a native of Ohio. lie
graduated at West Point and served
with distinction with Major Robert
Anderson, who, strange to say, was
in command at Fort Sumter when
his old companion-in-arms led the
attack avainst it. Since the war Gen.
Ripley has made one of that coterie
of men-Ex-Federals and Ex-Con
federates-who distinguished them.
selves in that struggle, and who have
since made the New York Hotel
their headquarters. IIe was a noted
raconteur, and had a stock of clever
anecdotes about celebrated people at
his command. IIe was married, and
his wife, who is now on a visit to
Charleston, has been telegraphed
for.
Gen. Ripley some two years ago,
in a very interesting interview, gave
the World his reminiscences of the
attack on Sumter. IIe was in im
mediate command of the guns that
opened the attack. He had his head
quarters at Fort Moultrie, and in the
sands of Sullivan's Island there were
several quite formidable batteries.
A Capt. James was in command of
Fort Johnston, on the other side of
Sumter. Singularly enough, how
ever, Gen. Ripley, the Confederate,
was a native of Ohio, while Major
Anderson, the Federal commander,
was from the slave'State of Kien
tcky. Gen. Ripley had married and
had lived for many years in South
Carolina.
*"I had ordered, said Gin. Ripley,
"some cocked hats for our uniforms.
and the day before the attack I met
a boy with a box in his hand running
towardis Fort 3Ioultrie. 'Wherell I
find Gen. Ripley ?' lhe asked ine.
'And what do you want of him ?
said I. 'Why,' said the breathless
youngster, 'I heard they were to start
firing on Fort Sumter, and I must
get this bat to him before they start
in.' IIe thought the attack could not
be made unless I was in full regalia.
As it. happened, I was awakened an
hour or two before the first shot was
fired by a false alarm that the signal
to begin hostilities had been given.
and I rushed out in imy night clothes
and caught up the cocked-bat on the
way. T1hat was all my uniform-a
cocked-bat and a night gown. The
first signal came several hours after
wards and I had plenty of time to
dress. It was at 4.50 in the morning
a rocket from Beauregard's head
qarters, near Charleston. My sig
nl to the batteries on Sullivan's is
land was three lanterus hoisted on
a stifT in Fort Moultrie. The
first' shot was from an eight-inch
cannon close hy my station in the
fort. It struck fairly the masonry of
Sumter. A moment later and all the
batteries on the Island opened, and
at the instant we saw a flash of guns
on Fort Johnston. The greatest war
in history had begun. Major An
derson paid little attention to us for
the first half-hour. iIe concentrated
his fire on Fort Johnston. My bat
terries set fire to the badrraceks and it
was only when we smoked him out
that Anderson gav-e in."
Gen. Ripley was also the author of'
an interesting letter of (late D)ecem
ber 23, 1864, to Governor Magrath,
of South Carohina, in which lhe of
fered to surrender his commission in
order to accep)t a command with the
State troop)s, then being hastily rais
ed to oppose Sherman's march to the
sea. In it Gen. Riplev complained
of the failure of the Confederate Gov
ernment to p)rov-ide any adequate de
f-enfr the protection of Sont
Carolina. and proposed the enlisting
of slaves to be used as troops. Gen.
lipley's c "ticism of Mr. Jefferson
Davis is quite characteristic: "Mr.
Davis had a great ability in placing
round pegs in square holes."
* Let Men Govern Themselves."
Netc YBrk S/ar.
It has lately been a common say
ing that there is no difference be
tween the great patties of the coun
try. That no one can tell wherein a
)enocrat is different from a Repub
lican.
This is a great mistake. The gulf
which separates them is deep, and
can neither be filled up nor bridged
over. It is in the nature of man.
One class of men are filled with a
desire to govern other people.
Another class merely desire to gov
ern themselves.
T[he desire to govern others is
usually based upon a firm belief that
it would be good for the others to be
governed. This is quite natural.
Men who have had opportunities for
education and travel, who live at
ease, and are well sustained by their
own self-appreciation, are likely to
think that their less fortunate fel
lows who have not been taught in the
schools, and whose daily lot is one
of toil, will not govern themselves as
well as they can be governed.
It is the old story. It is the at
tempt to make other men good. But
it has beern the hardest job that man
has ever undertaken. We are often
told of the evils which alcohol pro
duces, but they are not a tithe of the
evils which have been wrought by
the effort to make other men good.
That seemingly praiseworthy motive
has caused most of the warfare, tor
ture and tyranny that the human
rece has endured.
Against this pharisaical motive the
Democrats announce the simple rule,
Let men govern themselves !
We are now having a striking ex
ample of the differences of which we
have spoken. The village clergyman
and banker. the farmer who lives in
seclusion and sees his neighbors on
ly at the meeting house, the man
who keeps a store at the four
corners, are quite likely to think that
New York and Brooklyn are very
bad places, and that their wicked
ness is in prcportion to their size.
Therefore these country folk find
themselves moved by a strong de
sire to make New York and Brook
lyn as good as their own neighbor
-hoods5 are. Accor<dingly they frame
a law which does not apply to them
selves, but which is meant to reform
the two great cities.
All people who like to govern
others, all peCople who think it their
duty to make others good, support
the measure. Speaker Hlusted sup
ports it. The Times and the Post
sup)port it. '[hey believe in trying
to make others goodl. The HIeraldl
seems to be influenced by the same
purpose, and also sup)ports it. The
World, which does not know the
difTerer -e between a Pharisee and a
Democrat, supports it. The Sun
looks at it darkly through one of its
spots and argues for it. Republi
cans quite generally approve it.
But Democrats everywhere, with
out hesitation an1d by a. sort of in
stinct, denounce it- and oppose it.
The p)eop)le at once see that there is
a great difference between Rlepub-~
licans and D)emocrats. the difference
th)at exists between those who would
govern others and those who are
content to govern themselves. The
former are the Pharisees and hypo
crites whom the Master denounced;
the latter are the sinners whom he
blessed and forgave.
'i he ''Tri-ee C's" in Virginia.
[.Special to The Ncwes and Courier.]
lauiLIOND, March 31.-Despite
some little opposition developed in
that body the bill allowing the Char
leston. Cincinnati and Chicago Rail
road Company to construct and opi
erate its liives in the counties of
Scott. Dickison and Wise in this
State. passed the Senate to-day al
mot)t unanimously. The bill now
goes to the Hlouse of Delegates,
where it will be passed, it is believ-ed
without any trouble. The impres
sion is general that the construction
of the proposed line will not only
give Charleston and the seacoast
cities of this State a close-all rail
connection with Chicago, Cinciunati
and other great Western centres, but
wi,1 develop the valuable mineral
resources of the southwestern sec
tion of Virginia.
Death 0f John G . Saxe.
AuusNY. N. Y., March 31.--John
Godfrey Saxe, the poet. died here to
day. The buria; will take p)lace in
the Greenwood family lot in Brook
1en.
HA PPENINGS AT TIE NATION4 V
CAPITALi.
The New Postmaster for Charleston-Secreta:y
Fairchild Enters upon his Duties. s
it
VAsIINGTO\, April 1.-Postmaster ,
Albert II. Mowry has his appoint
went in his pocket and is now on his t
way to Charleston, accompanied by t
R?epresentative Dibble. IIe called b
at the postoflice department early t
this morning and was presented to
Postmaster General Vilas. While in
the department it was ascertained
that the official notification of his
appointment was prepared for mail
ing and was delivered to the new
appointee in person. Ie then took
the 11 a. in. train for Charleston to
secure his bond and make the other a
necessary arrangements for taking y
possession of his office as soon as
practicable. Mr. Dibble says Mr.
Mowry will have no difficulty in fur- r
nishing satisfactory bondsmen. He
also states that Mr. Mowry's appoint
ment is satisfactory to Senator But
lcr.
South Carolinians here who are
familiar with the situation in Char
leston are not surprised at the dis
satisfaction resulting from Mr. Mow
ry's appointment, and the dispatches
on the subject from Charleston
printed this morning have lieen free
ly commented upon. A well-known
South Carolinian, in discussing the
matter to-day, said lie was certain
there would be some disappointment, e
however, the question was decided
because of the prominence and stand
ing of several of the aspirants. He
congratulated himself that he was in
no way responsible for the outcome
of the contest. It was natural for
Mr. Dibble to stand by his friend,
Mr. Mowry, and it was claimed that i
he violated no pledges in securing
his appointment. He stated yester
day that while in Charleston recent
ly lie secured such information as
was obtainable on the subject, but
did not commit himself to any-one.
He says he has never shirked any
resposibility that belonged to him,
and lie will not do so in this case.
It is said that the President be
came familiar with Mr. Mowry's
claims for recognition through the
efforts of Senator Hampton and rep
resentative Dibble to secure an ap
pointment either in the internal rev
enue service or in the treasurer's
office. It was as an applicant for
one of these positions that Mr. Mow
ry called, upon the President. The
latter, it is said, was pleased with his
manner and address in addition to
the;|substantial endorsements he pre
sented. The political situation was
presented, and it was said that of the
two factions in Charleston o::e had
secured all of the local prizes, while
the other had been ignored. Mr.
Mowry was designated as an active
representative of the he_retofore un
recognized faction, and in the in
terest of fair-play his claims were
pressed successfully.
THlE NEw SECR1ETARY.
rThe President to-day signed the:
commissions of Chas. S. Maynard,
as assistant secretary of the treasury.
Mr. Fairchild at once entered upon
the discharge of his new duties. IIe
was sworn in at 11 o'clock by a no
tary public employed in the secre
tarys office, and took possession of
the ofIices and desk formerly occu
pied and used by Secretary Manning.
The officers and many of the clerks
of the department waited upon him
ear!y and extended their conzratula
tions. Thue crowd b)ecamne so great
that lhe was compe)lled to abandon
for a time alhl idea of attending to
the current work claiming his attn
tion. He caused a temporary halt
by announcing that he would receive
his offBcial friends informally in the
afternoon after he had disposed of
his :naii. Hie received a profusion of
flowers and -congratulatory letters
and telegrams from all parts of the
country, the majority of the telegrams
being from bankers and business
men.
Railroad Commiuissiloners Take the Oath
WVasmwrG ON, March 31 .-Mlessrs.
Cooley. Morrison, Schoon maker and
Walker, four of the five members of
the Inter-State Commerce Commis
sion called at tihe White House and
paid their respects to the President.I
Commissioner Bragg did not arrive
in the city in time to go with them
but called at the White House shortly
afterward and then joined his asso
ciates at Willard's Hotel where an
informal meeting took place to en
able the members to become better
acquaioted with one ar2other. At 3
o'clock the Commissioners met by
agreement at the Interior Depart
menit, where their commiss'ions were
handed to them and the prescribed
oath of office administered. On mo
tion ot Mr. Moin, Judge Cooley
aU U ,.>r: tUK CUSU31I'TION.
The Case at the Philadelphia Hospital
Only Experlmentgl.
PIIILADELPIIIA, March 31. -Thio
week's Medical New., to be issued to
morrow, will state that the recent ar
ticles extensively published through
out the country announcing the cure at
the Philadelphia Hospital of a number
of patients suffering with consump
tion, through treatment by injections
of carbonic acid gas and sulphuretted
hydrogen, greatly exaggerated the
success of the treatmen'. The treat
ment was first introduced by Bergeon,
of Lyons. In an editorial article on
the subject the News says:
-Very many of the statements
which have been spread over the
country was absolutely false. So far
as we inow there have been no cases
cured, certainly not at the Philadel
phia Hospital, and even those of
Bergeon's patients who were most
benefitted continued to have slight
expectoration, containing bacilli.
The results at the Philadelphia Hos
pital, in the limited series of cases
which have been under treatment,
have been in the reduction of fever
and sweats, the lessening of expecto
ration and in the increase of weight.
These are gains to be thankful for
and encourage us to hope that we
may have a remedial measure of some
value; but further than this nothing
can be said. This is, as we usually
meet it, not an acute disease, and an
experience of seven weeks is far too
short a time in which to form a judg
ment of the permanent beneficent ef
fect of the treatment. It will take a
year or two at least to thoroughly
test its value, and meanwhile it is
sad to think that so many poor vic
tims of this dreadful disease will suf
fer also the delirium of the false hope
aroused by the ) emature and un,
liable statements which, unfortunate
ly, have been given wide currency."
A Remarkable Storm.
LYNCIIRURG, VA., March 31.-Re
ports from Tazewell County say that
a terrific thunder, hail and snow vis
ited that section yesterday. Hail
stones an inch in circumference fell
and the lightning was terrific. Many
telegraph poles on the line .of the
Norfolk and Western Railroad were
it to pieces, and several instru
ments in the telegraph and telephone
offices along the route were destroyed.
sNOW IN OTHER PLACES.
D)ANVILLE, VA., March 31.-There
was a heavy fall of snow here this
morning. The weather is still cold
and wintry.
WINcIIESTER, VA., March 31.
A heavy snow storm has prevailed
Shere all day. Snow has fallen to the
depth of several inches, thus closing
an unprecede'nted March for our val
ley. Not a bud nor a sign of a leaf
is to be seen. Farmers are very
Sbackward with their work.
RIcrnIoxD, VA., March 31.-Snow
fell here all day, but did not attain
much depth, owing to the war'mth of
the earth.
STAUNTON, VTA., April 1.-It has
'been snowing almost continuously
-to-day. On the mountains the snow
is ten inches deep.
RICn3IoND, Va., April 1.-Snow
-again fell several hours here this
t afternoon, but with no other effect
Sthan to make it somewhat disagree
-able under foot by its rapid melting.
RALEIGH, April 1.-A heavy snow
storm has prevailed in all this. State
West of G&oldsboro' all day. Here
it is some two inches on the ground~,
and had not the ground been very
wet at least six inches would now
.cover it. In Watauga County there
is two feet of snow.
ANDERSON, April 1.---There was a
light fall of snow yesterday morning
early, and this morning, after some
2 hail, it commenced snowing again
and contined about half an hour. The
t ground being very damp the snow
melted as fast as it fell. Notwith
standing the frost, hail and snow,
many persons contend that there will
be some fruit, and that the early vege
tables are not all killed.
sA Wife Murderer Hanged.
LarRENsVILLE, S. C., April 1.
Lewis Stewart, colored, was hanged
here to-day for the murder of his
wife. The execution was private.
The condemned man desired to be
executed - as soon after 11 o'clock as
possible. He was nervous. The
f morning was spent in prayer and
1 Scripture reading. At 11.20. o'clock -
. the prisoner left the cell in company
with the Sheriff and his spiritual ad
'visers. On the way to the scaffold
" the prisoner said he had brought it
3, all on himself. At th. ec.ffold the
e 14th chapter of Job was read, a hymn.
twas sang. and two prayers were
offered. The Sheriff adjusted the
-rope and the b!aek cap, and sprung
'- the trap at 11.50. He was cut down
at 12.13. The neck was broken.
,as selected as Chairman of the
emmission. This action was unani
ious and was taken without discus
ion, the members having all come to
fe conclusion that Judge Cooley
as the best fitted for the position.
'lie Commission then proceeded to
le temporary quarters selected for
sem, on F street, just below the Eb.
it Hotel, and, after an inspection of
Le rooms, parted with the under.
tanding that another meeting should
e held to-morrow for consultation.
o c.,ndidates for the secretaryship
f the Commission were proposed,
nd that matter is still in abeyance.
Prior to the election of Judge
ooley as Chairman of the Commis.
ion, Messrs. Morrison, Bragg and
choonmaker, three Democratic mein.
ers, held a conference at which it
as decided that in view of Judge
ooley's long experience and emi.
ence as a judge, and in order tc
eruonstrate to the country that it
as their object to promote harmony
,nd unanimity in the Board, Mr.
rJorrison should proposs and Gen.
ral Bragg second Judge Cooley's
omination as chairman. The first
usiness to come before the Board,
fter its organization, will be the fix
ng of a time and place for the hear,
ng of questions to be submitted by
1. H. Smith, Vice-President of the
.ouisville and Nashville railroad,
nd Virgil Powers, General Commis
ioner of Pool Rates for the South
rn Railway and Steamship Com
any. Tiiese questions relate to the
ng and short haul provision of the
nter-State Commerce act, as it ap
lies to railroads East of the Missis
ippi river, South of the Ohio anc
Vest of the Potomac.
UAT LOTTERY FOR A N OMINATIOW
Low the Hon. W. H. Perry Got hi.
Seat in Congress.
Baltimore Sun.
WASHINGToN, March 29. -Mr. Wm
layne Perry, who represents thi
ourth South Carolina District it
,ongress, is known at home as I
trict economist, and it was expecte<
hat he would rival, if not excel, Mr
lolman in guarding the treasury
)uring the 49th Congress he di(
iot figure very conspicuously in thi
lebates, but with two sessions' ex
erience he may astonish his Con
res,ional associates in the nex
Iouse. Some of his friends ii
reenville remarked when he starte<
'or Washington, just after being be
ng elected, that "Perry would fall ii
fit or drop dead the first time he
ncountered a bill appropriating sev
~ral million dollars." He survive<
>neC term in Congress, and hopes t<
>ull through the 50th. That he is:
:hild of fortune is shown by th.
itory of his nomination. After hi
redecessor, Col. Evins, died ther,
b-as a lively and a prolonged con
est over the nomination. Over on
indred ballots were taken withou
a result being reached. Finallyi
was proposed to put the names c
hec three leading candidates into:
mat, and the first name drawn on
should receive the nomination, whic:
was equivalent to an election. Messrs
i'erry, Gaillard and Monroe were th
ival candidates, and their name
were placed in the hat. Mr. Mor
oes representative was given the firs
Iraw, and, to his disappointment, th
slip of paper he drew from the hat cor
ained the name of Perry-the mai
whom lie had been fighting vigorous
y throughout the contest.
Watali Fight Between Two Farmer
in Brunswi.ck County, N. C.
9'ccial Dispatcht to the Newes and Cozurie>
RALEIGH, March 31 .-Two mer
3amed Shade Thompson and Be:
[homnpson, both farmers, had a des
>erate fight yesterday in Brunswic
ounty, which resulted in the deat
>f the former, who was struck in th
,ead and instantly killed by a bulle
romn a revolver. The difficulty orig
nated lr-st week, the boundary of
~rack of land causing it. Yesterda
;his quarrel was renewed. Both me:
irew revolvers and began firin~
rhe men were 'double first cousin
~nd up to the time of the quarrel hai
b~ees fast friends.
Get Ready for a Boom.
N?\eIcs and Courier.
AUGUsTA, GA., March 31.-Pres
(lent Mitchell stated to your coi
respondent that the grading c
sixty-three miles of tfle Georgia an
Carolina Midland had been comple
ed, and twenty-seven miles of cros:
ties have been placed in positioi
ready for track-laying, which, he say:
"will be commenced as soon as t1
weather becomes warm enough to g
a good day's work out of the n<4
groes." The grading will be con